apangarse

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Spanish

Etymology

From apangar +‎ se, from Nahuatl apanco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apanˈɡaɾse/
  • Rhymes: -aɾse
  • Syllabification: a‧pan‧gar‧se

Verb

apangarse (first-person singular present me apango, first-person singular preterite me apangué, past participle apangado) (intransitive, colloquial, now rare)

  1. (Honduras, Nicaragua) to crouch
  2. (Nicaragua) to humble, demean, debase oneself
  3. (El Salvador) to become foolish, dumb

Conjugation

Further reading

  • apangarse” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010